These two technologies appear to be solving the same problem - namely, creating a redundant and optionally load balanced path between initiator and target. MPIO has broader scope and support, while ...

We're doing some MPIO testing. Our Storage Server has 4 NICs, each with its own IP that is on an iSCSI-dedicated network. Currently, the initiator we're dealing with just has a single NIC, but it does ...

Previously, Microsoft offered only multipath I/O (MPIO) for Fibre Channel, although Network Appliance Inc. and EqualLogic Inc. adapted it for their iSCSI products. Microsoft’s goal is to simplify ...

How do I… Install, configure, and use Microsoft’s iSCSI initiator? Your email has been sent This blog post is also available as a TechRepublic download in PDF ...

With iSCSI making major inroads into the enterprise environment, more CIOs and storage administrators are considering this lower-cost technology to help facilitate a move to a centralized storage ...

Last year, Microsoft released version 2.0 of its free iSCSI initiator package, the software that allows Windows servers to make use of inexpensive iSCSI storage arrays by mounting remote volumes that ...

As simple as iSCSI is to get running, configuring it to perform optimally requires a solid knowledge of how it actually works Over the past two weeks, I’ve written about some of the commonly ...